Scottish Executive

Agriculture

Brian Adam (North-East Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to seek urgently a derogation from the ban on fishmeal in sheep and cattle feeds.

Ross Finnie: The ban on the use of fishmeal in ruminant feed is one of a package of extremely important community-wide measures agreed at the December EU Agricultural Council Meeting, aimed at controlling BSE in Europe. A consultation exercise on the implementation of the ban is under way. The Scottish Executive will press to secure a derogation from the ban in the event of it being extended beyond June this year.

Cancer

Margaret Smith (Edinburgh West) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive what policies and targets it has in relation to the early detection, diagnosis and treatment of bowel cancer.

Susan Deacon: Cancer in all its forms is a priority for the NHS in Scotland.

  To secure continuing improvements in early detection, diagnosis and treatment for cancer, the Executive has invested £5 million for MRI scanning equipment and £11 million for radiology equipment as well as £13.2 million in the ongoing linear accelerator replacement programme.

  Where it is practical to do so, more one-stop clinics will continue to be set up to ensure that anyone who has signs or symptoms suggestive of cancer has access to rapid diagnostic facilities. For example, rectal bleeding clinics have already been established in several parts of the country. Redesign of cancer services will continue to be a key feature, aimed at securing faster, better diagnosis and treatment for people with cancer.

  The Cancer Challenge, a pilot colorectal screening programme to assess the feasibility and acceptability of introducing a national screening programme, is under way in Grampian, Tayside and Fife. All men and women aged between 50 and 69 years of age are being approached to participate in the pilot over the next two years.

  The Scottish Cancer Group is preparing a Scottish Cancer Plan which is expected to be published by March 2001.

Cancer

Tommy Sheridan (Glasgow) (SSP): To ask the Scottish Executive how much money earmarked for the detection, care and treatment of cancer patients within the NHS will be specifically devoted to patients suffering from methoselioma.

Susan Deacon: Cancer is a priority for the NHS in Scotland and a National Cancer Plan will be published in March 2001.

  Funding is not specifically earmarked for cancer services, which are an integral part of the treatment and care provided by the NHS. It is a matter for health boards and Trusts through their Health Improvement Programmes and Trust Implementation Plans to ensure appropriate high quality services are in place to meet the needs of their population.

Crime

Euan Robson (Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive what the clear-up rate of recorded crimes was (a) in each category of crime and (b) in total for (i) each police force and (ii) Scotland in 1979, 1987 and in each year since 1992.

Mr Jim Wallace: The information requested is given in the table.

  Crimes cleared up by the police as a percentage of those recorded

  


Police force area 
  

1979 
  

1987 
  

1992 
  

1993 
  

1994 
  

1995 
  

1996 
  

1997 
  

1998 
  

1999 
  



Central 
  



Total crimes 
  

38 
  

48 
  

54 
  

53 
  

54 
  

59 
  

59 
  

57 
  

57 
  

55 
  



Non-sexual crimes of violence 
  

86 
  

87 
  

92 
  

91 
  

93 
  

93 
  

93 
  

94 
  

92 
  

91 
  



Crimes of indecency 
  

63 
  

79 
  

79 
  

89 
  

89 
  

87 
  

89 
  

83 
  

88 
  

83 
  



Crimes of dishonesty 
  

38 
  

47 
  

51 
  

48 
  

48 
  

52 
  

52 
  

48 
  

49 
  

47 
  



Fire-raising, vandalism etc 
  

24 
  

35 
  

42 
  

43 
  

45 
  

48 
  

49 
  

46 
  

42 
  

43 
  



Other crimes 
  

97 
  

99 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  



Dumfries & Galloway 
  



Total crimes 
  

40 
  

53 
  

39 
  

44 
  

47 
  

56 
  

62 
  

61 
  

59 
  

57 
  



Non-sexual crimes of violence 
  

89 
  

94 
  

91 
  

88 
  

96 
  

89 
  

98 
  

93 
  

94 
  

89 
  



Crimes of indecency 
  

82 
  

88 
  

83 
  

87 
  

94 
  

95 
  

98 
  

84 
  

92 
  

90 
  



Crimes of dishonesty 
  

41 
  

50 
  

33 
  

39 
  

41 
  

45 
  

56 
  

50 
  

52 
  

51 
  



Fire-raising, vandalism etc 
  

25 
  

39 
  

27 
  

28 
  

33 
  

44 
  

47 
  

43 
  

40 
  

41 
  



Other crimes 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

99 
  



Fife 
  



Total crimes 
  

43 
  

40 
  

31 
  

35 
  

40 
  

45 
  

46 
  

48 
  

50 
  

43 
  



Non-sexual crimes of violence 
  

94 
  

91 
  

84 
  

87 
  

87 
  

89 
  

90 
  

89 
  

89 
  

83 
  



Crimes of indecency 
  

59 
  

70 
  

65 
  

79 
  

76 
  

89 
  

96 
  

83 
  

82 
  

88 
  



Crimes of dishonesty 
  

42 
  

36 
  

27 
  

33 
  

37 
  

42 
  

41 
  

41 
  

45 
  

38 
  



Fire-raising, vandalism etc 
  

34 
  

30 
  

20 
  

22 
  

22 
  

27 
  

28 
  

31 
  

31 
  

24 
  



Other crimes 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  



Grampian 
  



Total crimes 
  

37 
  

31 
  

30 
  

31 
  

32 
  

34 
  

34 
  

37 
  

38 
  

37 
  



Non-sexual crimes of violence 
  

82 
  

78 
  

75 
  

73 
  

72 
  

73 
  

71 
  

73 
  

70 
  

66 
  



Crimes of indecency 
  

80 
  

69 
  

78 
  

77 
  

71 
  

69 
  

71 
  

69 
  

80 
  

69 
  



Crimes of dishonesty 
  

35 
  

28 
  

24 
  

25 
  

25 
  

28 
  

28 
  

31 
  

31 
  

31 
  



Fire-raising, vandalism etc 
  

28 
  

22 
  

21 
  

21 
  

21 
  

21 
  

22 
  

22 
  

24 
  

22 
  



Other crimes 
  

99 
  

99 
  

97 
  

97 
  

98 
  

97 
  

97 
  

96 
  

97 
  

97 
  



Lothian & Borders 
  



Total crimes 
  

29 
  

37 
  

30 
  

33 
  

34 
  

35 
  

34 
  

36 
  

35 
  

39 
  



Non-sexual crimes of violence 
  

54 
  

67 
  

63 
  

61 
  

58 
  

63 
  

65 
  

63 
  

66 
  

69 
  



Crimes of indecency 
  

43 
  

60 
  

63 
  

62 
  

66 
  

63 
  

62 
  

66 
  

70 
  

66 
  



Crimes of dishonesty 
  

29 
  

33 
  

26 
  

27 
  

30 
  

30 
  

30 
  

31 
  

30 
  

34 
  



Fire-raising, vandalism etc 
  

20 
  

26 
  

19 
  

19 
  

20 
  

19 
  

20 
  

17 
  

19 
  

19 
  



Other crimes 
  

99 
  

99 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  



Northern 
  



Total crimes 
  

61 
  

62 
  

56 
  

55 
  

57 
  

64 
  

64 
  

67 
  

64 
  

59 
  



Non-sexual crimes of violence 
  

97 
  

95 
  

94 
  

92 
  

93 
  

93 
  

95 
  

93 
  

94 
  

95 
  



Crimes of indecency 
  

83 
  

89 
  

94 
  

91 
  

92 
  

90 
  

89 
  

93 
  

95 
  

82 
  



Crimes of dishonesty 
  

57 
  

57 
  

50 
  

51 
  

50 
  

59 
  

59 
  

61 
  

57 
  

50 
  



Fire-raising, vandalism etc 
  

53 
  

55 
  

43 
  

40 
  

41 
  

46 
  

44 
  

48 
  

48 
  

42 
  



Other crimes 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

99 
  



Strathclyde 
  



Total crimes 
  

26 
  

29 
  

25 
  

27 
  

30 
  

31 
  

33 
  

36 
  

40 
  

45 
  



Non-sexual crimes of violence 
  

49 
  

59 
  

54 
  

56 
  

57 
  

58 
  

60 
  

61 
  

63 
  

70 
  



Crimes of indecency 
  

53 
  

66 
  

69 
  

70 
  

76 
  

74 
  

77 
  

74 
  

76 
  

80 
  



Crimes of dishonesty 
  

24 
  

26 
  

20 
  

21 
  

24 
  

23 
  

25 
  

26 
  

31 
  

35 
  



Fire-raising, vandalism etc 
  

15 
  

18 
  

15 
  

15 
  

15 
  

15 
  

17 
  

19 
  

20 
  

24 
  



Other crimes 
  

99 
  

99 
  

99 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  



Tayside 
  



Total crimes 
  

35 
  

41 
  

33 
  

29 
  

33 
  

34 
  

34 
  

37 
  

39 
  

40 
  



Non-sexual crimes of violence 
  

81 
  

86 
  

84 
  

81 
  

86 
  

89 
  

87 
  

90 
  

94 
  

90 
  



Crimes of indecency 
  

63 
  

73 
  

73 
  

72 
  

80 
  

86 
  

82 
  

89 
  

88 
  

88 
  



Crimes of dishonesty 
  

33 
  

39 
  

28 
  

23 
  

28 
  

28 
  

29 
  

29 
  

30 
  

31 
  



Fire-raising, vandalism etc 
  

24 
  

25 
  

21 
  

18 
  

20 
  

20 
  

18 
  

20 
  

20 
  

22 
  



Other crimes 
  

99 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  



All Scotland 
  



Total crimes 
  

30 
  

34 
  

29 
  

31 
  

34 
  

35 
  

37 
  

39 
  

41 
  

43 
  



Non-sexual crimes of violence 
  

57 
  

67 
  

62 
  

63 
  

64 
  

65 
  

67 
  

68 
  

69 
  

72 
  



Crimes of indecency 
  

56 
  

68 
  

71 
  

72 
  

75 
  

74 
  

76 
  

75 
  

78 
  

78 
  



Crimes of dishonesty 
  

29 
  

31 
  

24 
  

25 
  

28 
  

28 
  

30 
  

31 
  

33 
  

35 
  



Fire-raising, vandalism etc 
  

20 
  

23 
  

19 
  

19 
  

20 
  

21 
  

21 
  

22 
  

23 
  

24 
  



Other crimes 
  

99 
  

99 
  

99 
  

100 
  

100 
  

100 
  

99 
  

100 
  

99 
  

99

Crime

Ian Jenkins (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive what the number of recorded crimes was (a) in each category of crime and (b) in total for (i) each police force and (ii) Scotland in 1979, 1987 and in each year since 1992.

Mr Jim Wallace: The information requested is given in the table.

  Number of crimes recorded by police force area

  


Police force area 
  

1979 
  

1987 
  

1992 
  

1993 
  

1994 
  

1995 
  

1996 
  

1997 
  

1998 
  

1999 
  



Central 
  



Total crimes 
  

13,844 
  

19,971 
  

22,125 
  

20,786 
  

18,985 
  

17,672 
  

16,552 
  

15,661 
  

17,066 
  

17,627 
  



Non-sexual crimes of violence 
  

267 
  

653 
  

947 
  

748 
  

682 
  

761 
  

822 
  

629 
  

620 
  

652 
  



Crimes of indecency 
  

171 
  

277 
  

239 
  

257 
  

243 
  

188 
  

184 
  

235 
  

225 
  

124 
  



Crimes of dishonesty 
  

10,326 
  

14,560 
  

15,119 
  

14,260 
  

12,548 
  

11,140 
  

10,126 
  

9,553 
  

10,932 
  

11,234 
  



Fire-raising, vandalism etc 
  

2,845 
  

3,826 
  

4,383 
  

3,946 
  

3,765 
  

3,547 
  

3,471 
  

3,310 
  

3,088 
  

3,427 
  



Other crimes 
  

235 
  

655 
  

1,437 
  

1,575 
  

1,747 
  

2,036 
  

1,949 
  

1,934 
  

2,201 
  

2,190 
  



Dumfries & Galloway 
  



Total crimes 
  

4,835 
  

7,248 
  

10,294 
  

10,169 
  

10,439 
  

8,742 
  

8,291 
  

8,357 
  

8,706 
  

8,500 
  



Non-sexual crimes of violence 
  

70 
  

301 
  

352 
  

359 
  

439 
  

320 
  

418 
  

401 
  

326 
  

281 
  



Crimes of indecency 
  

73 
  

77 
  

117 
  

119 
  

69 
  

94 
  

59 
  

93 
  

133 
  

144 
  



Crimes of dishonesty 
  

3,571 
  

5,018 
  

6,999 
  

6,776 
  

6,883 
  

5,252 
  

5,008 
  

4,606 
  

5,162 
  

5,001 
  



Fire-raising, vandalism etc 
  

999 
  

1,405 
  

2,110 
  

2,085 
  

2,136 
  

1,690 
  

1,687 
  

1,647 
  

1,729 
  

1,881 
  



Other crimes 
  

122 
  

447 
  

716 
  

830 
  

912 
  

1,386 
  

1,119 
  

1,610 
  

1,356 
  

1,193 
  



Fife 
  



Total crimes 
  

14,257 
  

23,949 
  

33,605 
  

32,182 
  

30,778 
  

26,036 
  

25,020 
  

22,884 
  

23,632 
  

26,647 
  



Non-sexual crimes of violence 
  

221 
  

758 
  

675 
  

641 
  

691 
  

649 
  

697 
  

641 
  

656 
  

848 
  



Crimes of indecency 
  

255 
  

359 
  

341 
  

354 
  

371 
  

286 
  

275 
  

367 
  

305 
  

362 
  



Crimes of dishonesty 
  

11,011 
  

17,218 
  

24,945 
  

24,116 
  

21,581 
  

17,163 
  

15,607 
  

14,024 
  

14,512 
  

17,245 
  



Fire-raising, vandalism etc 
  

2,417 
  

4,759 
  

6,270 
  

5,719 
  

6,315 
  

5,660 
  

6,037 
  

5,187 
  

5,164 
  

5,763 
  



Other crimes 
  

353 
  

855 
  

1,374 
  

1,352 
  

1,820 
  

2,278 
  

2,404 
  

2,665 
  

2,995 
  

2,429 
  



Grampian 
  



Total crimes 
  

22,821 
  

39,013 
  

42,076 
  

40,322 
  

46,273 
  

46,812 
  

45,786 
  

44,342 
  

45,811 
  

48,078 
  



Non-sexual crimes of violence 
  

484 
  

937 
  

1,037 
  

1,069 
  

1,143 
  

1,024 
  

1,062 
  

1,157 
  

1,240 
  

1,563 
  



Crimes of indecency 
  

393 
  

507 
  

909 
  

833 
  

765 
  

641 
  

634 
  

871 
  

894 
  

634 
  



Crimes of dishonesty 
  

16,653 
  

28,003 
  

29,430 
  

27,931 
  

31,020 
  

31,469 
  

31,121 
  

29,166 
  

30,397 
  

32,563 
  



Fire-raising, vandalism etc 
  

4,624 
  

8,358 
  

8,419 
  

8,171 
  

9,877 
  

9,632 
  

9,420 
  

8,929 
  

8,926 
  

9,231 
  



Other crimes 
  

667 
  

1,208 
  

2,281 
  

2,318 
  

3,468 
  

4,046 
  

3,549 
  

4,219 
  

4,354 
  

4,087 
  



Lothian & Borders 
  



Total crimes 
  

62,502 
  

79,224 
  

90,149 
  

84,952 
  

79,711 
  

77,036 
  

74,880 
  

71,510 
  

70,460 
  

82,768 
  



Non-sexual crimes of violence 
  

1,048 
  

3,694 
  

3,168 
  

2,736 
  

2,713 
  

2,998 
  

3,113 
  

2,771 
  

2,808 
  

3,219 
  



Crimes of indecency 
  

749 
  

814 
  

998 
  

1,062 
  

1,075 
  

1,007 
  

1,085 
  

1,195 
  

1,270 
  

1,049 
  



Crimes of dishonesty 
  

52,636 
  

61,485 
  

67,899 
  

62,356 
  

57,724 
  

54,447 
  

51,233 
  

47,018 
  

46,496 
  

54,206 
  



Fire-raising, vandalism etc 
  

7,635 
  

10,277 
  

13,579 
  

12,388 
  

13,053 
  

13,112 
  

14,459 
  

14,514 
  

14,747 
  

16,317 
  



Other crimes 
  

434 
  

2,954 
  

4,505 
  

6,410 
  

5,146 
  

5,472 
  

4,990 
  

6,012 
  

5,139 
  

7,977 
  



Northern 
  



Total crimes 
  

8,711 
  

12,593 
  

13,340 
  

13,076 
  

13,463 
  

15,424 
  

13,258 
  

12,266 
  

12,252 
  

12,920 
  



Non-sexual crimes of violence 
  

234 
  

329 
  

396 
  

330 
  

453 
  

444 
  

373 
  

448 
  

500 
  

603 
  



Crimes of indecency 
  

136 
  

188 
  

211 
  

185 
  

224 
  

162 
  

163 
  

191 
  

259 
  

182 
  



Crimes of dishonesty 
  

6,374 
  

8,622 
  

8,508 
  

8,374 
  

8,060 
  

9,641 
  

7,716 
  

6,804 
  

6,774 
  

6,688 
  



Fire-raising, vandalism etc 
  

1,432 
  

2,373 
  

2,910 
  

2,730 
  

2,931 
  

2,967 
  

2,891 
  

2,555 
  

2,788 
  

3,250 
  



Other crimes 
  

535 
  

1,081 
  

1,315 
  

1,457 
  

1,795 
  

2,210 
  

2,115 
  

2,268 
  

1,931 
  

2,197 
  



Strathclyde 
  



Total crimes 
  

195,485 
  

255,533 
  

306,047 
  

270,143 
  

255,526 
  

243,174 
  

226,745 
  

210,783 
  

220,584 
  

206,948 
  



Non-sexual crimes of violence 
  

7,008 
  

10,630 
  

15,256 
  

12,271 
  

12,356 
  

13,652 
  

13,473 
  

11,719 
  

13,522 
  

14,975 
  



Crimes of indecency 
  

2,619 
  

2,627 
  

2,931 
  

2,823 
  

2,837 
  

2,724 
  

2,820 
  

3,640 
  

3,762 
  

2,993 
  



Crimes of dishonesty 
  

151,073 
  

195,625 
  

228,788 
  

198,700 
  

181,192 
  

164,093 
  

147,415 
  

133,644 
  

140,705 
  

129,751 
  



Fire-raising, vandalism etc 
  

31,261 
  

38,845 
  

45,261 
  

40,288 
  

41,440 
  

41,807 
  

41,943 
  

37,664 
  

35,692 
  

32,449 
  



Other crimes 
  

3,524 
  

7,806 
  

13,811 
  

16,061 
  

17,701 
  

20,898 
  

21,094 
  

24,116 
  

26,903 
  

26,780 
  



Tayside 
  



Total crimes 
  

24,225 
  

35,416 
  

47,254 
  

45,617 
  

44,935 
  

40,801 
  

41,424 
  

34,839 
  

33,040 
  

32,215 
  



Non-sexual crimes of violence 
  

693 
  

1,048 
  

1,469 
  

1,250 
  

1,297 
  

1,271 
  

1,579 
  

1,398 
  

1,413 
  

1,299 
  



Crimes of indecency 
  

277 
  

417 
  

404 
  

414 
  

414 
  

445 
  

456 
  

555 
  

563 
  

494 
  



Crimes of dishonesty 
  

17,549 
  

25,996 
  

33,304 
  

32,424 
  

31,338 
  

27,996 
  

27,215 
  

22,392 
  

20,440 
  

19,501 
  



Fire-raising, vandalism etc 
  

4,925 
  

6,601 
  

9,305 
  

8,867 
  

9,026 
  

8,131 
  

9,117 
  

7,194 
  

7,020 
  

7,250 
  



Other crimes 
  

781 
  

1,354 
  

2,772 
  

2,662 
  

2,860 
  

2,958 
  

3,057 
  

3,300 
  

3,604 
  

3,671 
  



All Scotland 
  



Total crimes 
  

346,680 
  

472,947 
  

564,890 
  

517,247 
  

500,110 
  

475,697 
  

451,956 
  

420,642 
  

431,551 
  

435,703 
  



Non-sexual crimes of violence 
  

10,025 
  

18,350 
  

23,300 
  

19,404 
  

19,774 
  

21,119 
  

21,537 
  

19,164 
  

21,085 
  

23,440 
  



Crimes of indecency 
  

4,673 
  

5,266 
  

6,150 
  

6,047 
  

5,998 
  

5,547 
  

5,676 
  

7,147 
  

7,411 
  

5,982 
  



Crimes of dishonesty 
  

269,193 
  

356,527 
  

414,992 
  

374,937 
  

350,346 
  

321,201 
  

295,441 
  

267,207 
  

275,418 
  

276,189 
  



Fire-raising, vandalism etc 
  

56,138 
  

76,444 
  

92,237 
  

84,194 
  

88,543 
  

86,546 
  

89,025 
  

81,000 
  

79,154 
  

79,568 
  



Other crimes 
  

6,651 
  

16,360 
  

28,211 
  

32,665 
  

35,449 
  

41,284 
  

40,277 
  

46,124 
  

48,483 
  

50,524

Crime

Ian Jenkins (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive what the number of convictions was (a) in each category of crime and (b) in total for (i) each police force and (ii) Scotland in 1979, 1987 and in each year since 1992.

Mr Jim Wallace: The information requested is given in the following table. Convictions for miscellaneous offences and motor vehicle offences, which are classified as offences rather than crimes for statistical purposes, are excluded from the figures.

  Persons with a charge proved by police force area and main crime

  


Police Force Area 
  

1979 
  

1987 
  

1992 
  

1993 
  

1994 
  

1995 
  

1996 
  

1997 
  

1998 
  

1999 
  



Central 
  



Total crimes 
  

2,433 
  

3,735 
  

3,300 
  

3,072 
  

2,975 
  

2,971 
  

2,673 
  

2,477 
  

2,020 
  

2,179 
  



Non-sexual crimes of violence 
  

140 
  

128 
  

182 
  

144 
  

160 
  

152 
  

166 
  

136 
  

138 
  

143 
  



Crime of indecency 
  

38 
  

59 
  

45 
  

37 
  

50 
  

34 
  

46 
  

40 
  

32 
  

16 
  



Crimes of dishonesty 
  

1,879 
  

2,565 
  

2,078 
  

1,829 
  

1,723 
  

1,613 
  

1,365 
  

1,242 
  

1,066 
  

1,162 
  



Fire-raising, vandalism 
  

229 
  

509 
  

482 
  

448 
  

410 
  

423 
  

397 
  

394 
  

308 
  

278 
  



Other crimes 
  

147 
  

474 
  

513 
  

614 
  

632 
  

749 
  

699 
  

665 
  

476 
  

580 
  



Dumfries & Galloway 
  



Total crimes 
  

655 
  

1,860 
  

1,613 
  

1,433 
  

1,496 
  

1,611 
  

1,545 
  

1,375 
  

1,218 
  

1,177 
  



Non-sexual crimes of violence 
  

23 
  

142 
  

98 
  

137 
  

122 
  

96 
  

94 
  

108 
  

86 
  

88 
  



Crime of indecency 
  

11 
  

23 
  

21 
  

22 
  

19 
  

9 
  

8 
  

20 
  

15 
  

8 
  



Crimes of dishonesty 
  

495 
  

1,122 
  

964 
  

751 
  

794 
  

856 
  

787 
  

666 
  

670 
  

641 
  



Fire-raising, vandalism 
  

75 
  

233 
  

202 
  

175 
  

188 
  

200 
  

213 
  

144 
  

124 
  

119 
  



Other crimes 
  

51 
  

340 
  

328 
  

348 
  

373 
  

450 
  

443 
  

437 
  

323 
  

321 
  



Fife 
  



Total crimes 
  

2,334 
  

3,550 
  

3,245 
  

3,353 
  

3,496 
  

3,296 
  

3,193 
  

3,046 
  

2,853 
  

2,819 
  



Non-sexual crimes of violence 
  

86 
  

100 
  

125 
  

137 
  

131 
  

136 
  

180 
  

167 
  

143 
  

154 
  



Crime of indecency 
  

51 
  

68 
  

42 
  

44 
  

60 
  

53 
  

31 
  

44 
  

52 
  

56 
  



Crimes of dishonesty 
  

1,809 
  

2,498 
  

2,156 
  

2,155 
  

2,189 
  

2,035 
  

1,823 
  

1,661 
  

1,530 
  

1,606 
  



Fire-raising, vandalism 
  

259 
  

511 
  

429 
  

444 
  

365 
  

356 
  

403 
  

394 
  

357 
  

291 
  



Other crimes 
  

129 
  

373 
  

493 
  

573 
  

751 
  

716 
  

756 
  

780 
  

771 
  

712 
  



Grampian 
  



Total crimes 
  

3,373 
  

4,064 
  

4,823 
  

4,972 
  

5,279 
  

5,398 
  

5,347 
  

5,310 
  

5,429 
  

4,403 
  



Non-sexual crimes of violence 
  

218 
  

211 
  

201 
  

179 
  

195 
  

196 
  

235 
  

225 
  

263 
  

254 
  



Crime of indecency 
  

93 
  

84 
  

219 
  

316 
  

205 
  

147 
  

113 
  

131 
  

147 
  

64 
  



Crimes of dishonesty 
  

2,339 
  

2,710 
  

2,838 
  

2,776 
  

2,924 
  

2,916 
  

2,939 
  

2,997 
  

3,169 
  

2,540 
  



Fire-raising, vandalism 
  

403 
  

545 
  

639 
  

543 
  

582 
  

641 
  

656 
  

583 
  

554 
  

524 
  



Other crimes 
  

320 
  

514 
  

926 
  

1,158 
  

1,373 
  

1,498 
  

1,404 
  

1,374 
  

1,296 
  

1,021 
  



Lothian & Borders 
  



Total crimes 
  

7,174 
  

8,868 
  

8,728 
  

8,667 
  

8,111 
  

7,218 
  

7,397 
  

7,474 
  

6,805 
  

5,938 
  



Non-sexual crimes of violence 
  

301 
  

391 
  

428 
  

527 
  

449 
  

488 
  

654 
  

633 
  

546 
  

497 
  



Crime of indecency 
  

116 
  

118 
  

90 
  

127 
  

150 
  

103 
  

131 
  

139 
  

119 
  

126 
  



Crimes of dishonesty 
  

5,903 
  

6,394 
  

5,925 
  

5,489 
  

5,066 
  

4,616 
  

4,631 
  

4,315 
  

3,924 
  

3,283 
  



Fire-raising, vandalism 
  

594 
  

980 
  

810 
  

703 
  

696 
  

694 
  

690 
  

760 
  

647 
  

601 
  



Other crimes 
  

260 
  

985 
  

1,475 
  

1,821 
  

1,750 
  

1,317 
  

1,291 
  

1,627 
  

1,569 
  

1,431 
  



Northern 
  



Total crimes 
  

1,810 
  

2,086 
  

2,168 
  

2,099 
  

2,042 
  

2,056 
  

2,128 
  

1,871 
  

1,727 
  

1,585 
  



Non-sexual crimes of violence 
  

89 
  

90 
  

77 
  

73 
  

64 
  

69 
  

93 
  

91 
  

101 
  

97 
  



Crime of indecency 
  

42 
  

39 
  

27 
  

24 
  

26 
  

23 
  

28 
  

32 
  

31 
  

31 
  



Crimes of dishonesty 
  

1,282 
  

1,346 
  

1,288 
  

1,147 
  

1,072 
  

1,014 
  

1,043 
  

912 
  

793 
  

761 
  



Fire-raising, vandalism 
  

218 
  

334 
  

367 
  

326 
  

294 
  

314 
  

354 
  

308 
  

334 
  

284 
  



Other crimes 
  

179 
  

277 
  

409 
  

529 
  

586 
  

636 
  

610 
  

528 
  

468 
  

412 
  



Strathclyde 
  



Total crimes 
  

20,330 
  

29,592 
  

26,667 
  

25,687 
  

26,020 
  

25,611 
  

25,490 
  

23,519 
  

23,207 
  

22,121 
  



Non-sexual crimes of violence 
  

1,421 
  

1,989 
  

2,484 
  

2,504 
  

2,257 
  

2,301 
  

2,640 
  

2,562 
  

2,451 
  

2,660 
  



Crime of indecency 
  

299 
  

779 
  

914 
  

892 
  

858 
  

890 
  

573 
  

731 
  

863 
  

545 
  



Crimes of dishonesty 
  

16,161 
  

19,181 
  

16,391 
  

15,305 
  

15,128 
  

14,059 
  

13,246 
  

12,263 
  

12,173 
  

11,820 
  



Fire-raising, vandalism 
  

1,340 
  

2,591 
  

2,126 
  

1,796 
  

1,858 
  

1,816 
  

2,011 
  

1,925 
  

1,864 
  

1,599 
  



Other crimes 
  

1,109 
  

5,052 
  

4,752 
  

5,190 
  

5,919 
  

6,545 
  

7,020 
  

6,038 
  

5,856 
  

5,497 
  



Tayside 
  



Total crimes 
  

3,883 
  

5,753 
  

4,793 
  

4,228 
  

4,000 
  

4,152 
  

3,926 
  

4,195 
  

3,639 
  

3,679 
  



Non-sexual crimes of violence 
  

194 
  

329 
  

205 
  

186 
  

207 
  

216 
  

241 
  

307 
  

284 
  

272 
  



Crime of indecency 
  

65 
  

133 
  

45 
  

47 
  

59 
  

46 
  

49 
  

58 
  

62 
  

55 
  



Crimes of dishonesty 
  

2,887 
  

3,849 
  

2,846 
  

2,481 
  

2,406 
  

2,422 
  

2,260 
  

2,443 
  

1,906 
  

1,862 
  



Fire-raising, vandalism 
  

348 
  

653 
  

513 
  

461 
  

388 
  

434 
  

452 
  

443 
  

457 
  

417 
  



Other crimes 
  

389 
  

789 
  

1,184 
  

1,053 
  

940 
  

1,034 
  

924 
  

944 
  

930 
  

1,073 
  



Scotland1




Total crimes 
  

41,992 
  

59,508 
  

55,342 
  

53,517 
  

53,425 
  

52,318 
  

51,701 
  

49,267 
  

46,898 
  

43,901 
  



Non-sexual crimes of violence 
  

2,472 
  

3,380 
  

3,802 
  

3,888 
  

3,588 
  

3,655 
  

4,303 
  

4,229 
  

4,012 
  

4,165 
  



Crime of indecency 
  

715 
  

1,303 
  

1,403 
  

1,509 
  

1,427 
  

1,306 
  

979 
  

1,195 
  

1,321 
  

901 
  



Crimes of dishonesty 
  

32,755 
  

39,665 
  

34,487 
  

31,935 
  

31,303 
  

29,531 
  

28,094 
  

26,499 
  

25,231 
  

23,675 
  



Fire-raising, vandalism 
  

3,466 
  

6,356 
  

5,568 
  

4,896 
  

4,781 
  

4,878 
  

5,176 
  

4,951 
  

4,645 
  

4,113 
  



Other crimes 
  

2,584 
  

8,804 
  

10,082 
  

11,289 
  

12,326 
  

12,948 
  

13,149 
  

12,393 
  

11,689 
  

11,047 
  



  Notes:

  1. Includes cases where the police force area in which the crime was committed is not known.

Dounreay

Fiona McLeod (West of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Minister for Environment, Sport and Culture has visited or intends to visit the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority facility at Dounreay.

Mr Sam Galbraith: I have not yet visited the site, but plan to do so in due course.

Dounreay

Fiona McLeod (West of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it has taken or intends to take to speed up completion of the recommendations contained in the Safety Audit of Dounreay conducted by the Health and Safety Executive and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency in 1998.

Mr Sam Galbraith: Implementation of the recommendations in the report of the 1998 Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) Safety Audit of Dounreay is the responsibility of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), which is sponsored by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). The HSE and SEPA are responsible for ensuring that UKAEA addresses the recommendations of the report. The Scottish Executive maintains regular contact with DTI and the regulators about UKAEA’s progress in implementing the recommendations of the audit.

Dounreay

Fiona McLeod (West of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what directions have been given to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) under section 40(1) of the Environment Act 1995 (a) in connection with the Safety Audit of Dounreay conducted by the Health and Safety Executive and SEPA in 1998 and (b) on any other matter.

Mr Sam Galbraith: The Scottish Executive has issued no directions to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) under section 40(1) of the Environment Act 1995 in connection with the Safety Audit of Dounreay or on any other matter.

Drug Misuse

Mr Duncan Hamilton (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will issue guidelines to local authorities regarding the sale of legal goods such as "bongs" which can be used to facilitate the taking of illegal drugs.

Iain Gray: There are at present no plans to introduce guidelines to local authorities concerning drugs paraphernalia of this sort. The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, which is the governing legislation, is a reserved matter. Although public health issues relating to the misuse of drugs are devolved, any changes in the regulations would be the responsibility of the Home Office.

Employment

Karen Gillon (Clydesdale) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what support is being provided to the workforce of DAKS Simpson in Larkhall following recent redundancies.

Ms Wendy Alexander: A response team comprising local public agencies has been formed under the Scottish Executive’s Partnership Action for Continuing Employment (PACE) initiative. All those affected by this announcement will be offered support to help find new employment. The Scottish Executive and its agencies are in close contact with the company about its future business plans.

Enterprise

Richard Lochhead (North-East Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what assistance it has made available to the paper manufacturing industry in each of the last three years.

Ms Wendy Alexander: In 1997-98, 1998-99 and 1999-2000, offers of Regional Selective Assistance by the Scottish Executive, valued at £0.17 million, £1.30 million and £2.47 million respectively were accepted by paper manufacturing companies. Assistance provided under other Scottish Executive programmes or by its agencies to particular industrial sectors is not available.

Environment

Fiona McLeod (West of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received representations from any other body, including Her Majesty’s Government, requesting it to give directions to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency under section 40(1) of the Environment Act 1995 and what action resulted from any such representations.

Mr Sam Galbraith: The Scottish Ministers have received several representations arising from the same issue, asking them to direct SEPA in terms of section 40(1) of the 1995 Act to speed up determination of applications for consent to discharge chemicals, in particular emamectin benzoate, for use at fin fish farms. The Scottish Ministers have declined to give such a Direction.

Fisheries

Fergus Ewing (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will place in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre a copy of the negotiating position used by the Deputy Minister for Rural Development at the recent EU Fisheries Council and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.

Rhona Brankin: No. The UK negotiating position was evolved in discussions before and during the Council meeting in order to secure the best possible deal for Scottish fishermen while ensuring a sustainable fishing industry.

Flooding

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment has been made as to the health risk from animal waste to humans in incidents of flooding.

Malcolm Chisholm: The Executive is not aware of any such formal assessment in Scotland. I understand that the possible significance of flooding for health will be covered in an expert review Health Effects of Climate Change in the UK , which is due to be published by the Department of Health in early 2001.

Health

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what targets the NHSiS has regarding numbers of infection control teams and whether these targets are being met.

Susan Deacon: The  Scottish Infection Manual  recommends that every NHS Trust should have a Trust Infection Control Committee and an Infection Control Team. It also states that the Chief Executive of every NHS Trust should be responsible for ensuring that effective arrangements for infection control are in place. This responsibility forms an important part of the clinical governance agenda and is monitored through the accountability review process.

  The Clinical Standards Board for Scotland has included in its generic standards a reference to the need, as part of the risk management process, to ensure that national standards on infection control in hospitals are met.

Health

Mr Kenneth Gibson (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to require health boards to make publicly available the minutes and attendance records from each Drugs and Therapeutics Committee meeting.

Mr Kenneth Gibson (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to require health boards to make each Drugs and Therapeutics Committee meeting open to the public, Primary Care Trusts and Acute Trusts.

Mr Kenneth Gibson (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to require each health board, prior to each Drugs and Therapeutics Committee meeting, to make an agenda publicly available.

Susan Deacon: The Code of Practice on Openness for the NHS in Scotland makes a presumption of openness and accessibility of information to the public, subject to certain exceptions such as information on individuals and about internal discussions which would harm frank debate. Health boards are required to hold meetings in public wherever possible and to publish and provide information on services, proposals and decisions.

Health

Mrs Lyndsay McIntosh (Central Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria were used to select the members of the Review Group on the Retention of Organs at Post-Mortem; why each member of the group was chosen and in particular what account was taken of their independence from both government and the medical profession, and whether the group members will act as representatives of the various organisations of which they are members or in an independent, personal capacity.

Susan Deacon: The Review Group on the Retention of Organs at Post Mortem which I have set up is chaired by Professor McLean who holds the Chair of Law and Ethics in Medicine at Glasgow and is Director of the Institute of Law and Medicine.

  The members have been appointed by Professor McLean with a view to providing the necessary range of expertise in the fields of ethics, law, patients Erights and medicine to allow the review group to discharge the first part of its remit.

  All of the group members have been asked to serve in a personal capacity, and the group as a whole is independent of the Scottish Executive and the medical profession.

  Fuller biographical details of the members of the group are available in the Parliament’s Reference Centre and on the group’s website at http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/scotorgrev.

Health

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what mechanisms are in place to ensure patients have access to new medicines as quickly as possible.

Susan Deacon: When a medicine receives a UK marketing authorisation, either from the UK Licensing Authority or from the European Medicines Evaluation Authority, it becomes prescribable on the NHS in Scotland unless it is added to Schedule 10, or in certain circumstances, Schedule 11 to the NHS (General Medical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1995.

  Area Drugs and Therapeutics Committees provide health boards and health professionals with early advice on the clinical use of new medicines. In addition, some new medicines will be evaluated by the Health Technology Board for Scotland. The advice of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence is available to the NHS in Scotland.

Health

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Highlands and Islands will be considered as a location for any of the Scottish NHS Direct centres.

Susan Deacon: The Project Director is currently developing a detailed service specification for the roll out of NHS24. Consideration of the issue of location for the service centres has yet to begin.

Health Technology Board for Scotland

Robert Brown (Glasgow) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive what investigations have been commenced by the Health Technology Board for Scotland since its inauguration on 1 April 2000.

Susan Deacon: The Management Board has met on nine occasions since the inauguration of the Health Technology Board for Scotland (HTBS) in April 2000. These meetings have been largely concerned with putting together robust processes that can withstand public, professional and legal scrutiny.

  The procedures for selection of topics and the assessment process are being published in January 2001. At this time, the first three topics to undergo full Health Technology Assessment by HTBS will be published, along with details of a new procedure for provision of a surveillance and rapid reaction service on all Final Appraisal Determinations from the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE). Details of the advisory groups that are being set up to aid the work of HTBS will also be presented, opportunities for involvement will be explained and public feedback will be sought.

  Alongside this work, a multi-disciplinary expert assessment team has begun work to provide a Scottish interpretation of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence’s (NICE) guidance on the clinical and cost-effectiveness of the Beta Interferons and Glatiramer for the treatment of multiple sclerosis.

Health and Safety

Pauline McNeill (Glasgow Kelvin) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any regulations in place on health and safety standards for youth and backpackers Ehostels.

Ms Wendy Alexander: The Scottish Executive has no functions in relation to health and safety matters.

Justice

Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many fatal accident inquiries have been held in each of the last ten years.

Colin Boyd: The available figures are as follows:

  


1990-91 
  

112 
  



1991-92 
  

132 
  



1992-93 
  

131 
  



1993-94 
  

143 
  



1994-95 
  

127 
  



1995-96 
  

96 
  



1996-97 
  

133 
  



1997-98 
  

115 
  



1998-99 
  

141 
  



1999-2000 
  

80

Lifelong Learning

Donald Gorrie (Central Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to bring together into one network the currently separate networks of the Public Library Network, Learning Direct Scotland, the National Grid for Learning, the Joint Academic Network and the further education colleges network.

Ms Wendy Alexander: The Scottish Executive is always seeking efficiency in procurement and will look to bring together Government customers with similar requirements. The Joint Information Systems Committee is currently working to provide connectivity to the Joint Academic Network for all Scottish Further Education Funding Council funded colleges by 1 April 2001. Existing Metropolitan Area Networks will be maintained and efforts will be made to support and encourage the development of other local networks.

  The Scottish Further Education Funding Council will seek to co-operate with the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council to ensure maximum efficiency in collaborative higher education and further education network developments. Through the National Grid for Learning and Digital Scotland initiatives, both councils, and other agencies developing public sector networks in Scotland, including the Scottish University for Industry, libraries and schools will seek to work constructively with each other, to ensure maximum integration and best use of public funds.

  The Scottish Executive is currently considering what other services would benefit from joint approaches.

Ministerial Correspondence

Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive when the Deputy First Minister and Minister for Justice will reply to my letter of 6 July 2000 regarding Ms M Cordiner of Lausanne.

Mr Jim Wallace: I understand that the Lord Advocate wrote to you on 14 November 2000.

Ministerial Correspondence

Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive when the Deputy Minister for Rural Affairs will reply to my letter of 21 November 2000 regarding third country imports of fish.

Rhona Brankin: The response required input from several different sources and a reply was issued on 17 January.

Ministers

Fergus Ewing (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to change the working title of the First Minister to "Prime Minister".

Henry McLeish: There are no plans to change the title of the First Minister.

NHS Services

Tommy Sheridan (Glasgow) (SSP): To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of any benefits to the NHS of contracting out portering services and whether such contracting out to private companies offers better value for money.

Susan Deacon: The Scottish Executive has not made such an assessment. It is a matter for individual NHS health boards and Trusts to assess the benefits and value for money when considering contracting out services. In doing so, they must follow guidance which makes clear that achieving quality and value in the management of support services does not mean presuming in favour of lower cost bids. Our National Health: A plan for action, a plan for change , published on 14 December 2000, reaffirms the Executive’s commitment to achieving the highest possible standards of service in our hospitals and gives a commitment that these standards will in future form a critical element of the performance management process of NHS boards.

Non-Departmental Public Bodies

Fergus Ewing (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions a direction has been issued to a non-departmental public body and the direction has not been complied with.

Angus MacKay: No directions have been given which have not been complied with.

Non-Domestic Rates

Mr Kenneth Gibson (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the statement by Peter Peacock on 2 November 2000 that announcements would be made before Christmas on how the discussion of a small business rates relief scheme would be taken forward ( Official Report , col. 1320) and to the statement by Angus MacKay on 7 December 2000 that an announcement would be made later that month about the point reached in consideration of such a scheme ( Official Report , col. 694), why no such announcements were made.

Peter Peacock: We are currently considering a range of measures, including the issue of rates relief, which taken together will be of real benefit to small businesses. An announcement will be made soon.

Nursing

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is funding the retraining costs of former nurses who wish to return to work in the NHS.

Susan Deacon: These costs are a matter for individual NHS Trusts to determine in the light of staffing requirements.

Organ Donation

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive whether only patients dying of spontaneous intracranial haemorrhage, diagnosed by a senior consultant with the aid of modern imaging techniques, are eligible for organ support.

Susan Deacon: Any patient who has been diagnosed as clinically dead by recognised and accepted brain stem death tests is eligible to become an organ donor.

Police

Ian Jenkins (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive what expenditure was on (a) police officers and (b) policing per head of population in (i) each police force and (ii) Scotland in 1979, 1987 and in each year since 1992, and what change in expenditure these figures represented in real terms.

Mr Jim Wallace: The information provided in the following tables is based on "net grant earning expenditure" on police services which is broadly equivalent to total current expenditure as funded by local authorities and central government grant.

  Net Grant Earning Expenditure (£000)

  


Force 
  

1979-80 
  

1987-88 
  

1991-92 
  

1992-93 
  

1993-94 
  



Central 
  

5,600 
  

15,459 
  

21,973 
  

23,738 
  

25,467 
  



D&G 
  

3,465 
  

9,377 
  

13,570 
  

14,544 
  

16,108 
  



Fife 
  

7,320 
  

18,728 
  

26,258 
  

28,691 
  

30,343 
  



Grampian 
  

10,684 
  

28,865 
  

40,419 
  

44,245 
  

46,011 
  



L&B 
  

24,945 
  

61,996 
  

88,032 
  

97,213 
  

100,516 
  



Northern 
  

7,530 
  

18,406 
  

26,086 
  

28,005 
  

29,131 
  



Strathclyde 
  

78,182 
  

177,442 
  

234,895 
  

252,153 
  

267,669 
  



Tayside 
  

11,587 
  

28,169 
  

36,974 
  

40,307 
  

43,511 
  



Total 
  

149,313 
  

358,442 
  

488,207 
  

528,896 
  

558,756 
  



  


Force 
  

1994-95 
  

1995-96 
  

1996-97 
  

1997-98 
  

1998-99 
  



Central 
  

25,617 
  

27,634 
  

28,201 
  

30,931 
  

31,544 
  



D&G 
  

16,551 
  

17,544 
  

18,154 
  

19,250 
  

20,338 
  



Fife 
  

31,574 
  

30,348 
  

35,825 
  

37,950 
  

39,294 
  



Grampian 
  

47,689 
  

51,957 
  

54,078 
  

58,965 
  

62,538 
  



L&B 
  

103,338 
  

108,260 
  

115,700 
  

132,646 
  

129,335 
  



Northern 
  

31,258 
  

31,933 
  

32,701 
  

38,121 
  

38,359 
  



Strathclyde 
  

273,697 
  

300,790 
  

322,370 
  

345,983 
  

353,156 
  



Tayside 
  

44,202 
  

46,837 
  

48,730 
  

51,776 
  

54,814 
  



Total 
  

573,926 
  

615,303 
  

655,759 
  

715,622 
  

729,378 
  



  In 1997-98 Lothian & Borders received an additional £4.8 million for the policing of the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Edinburgh.

  The change in Net Grant Earning Expenditure to 1998-99 at 1979 prices represents an increase in real terms of £115.5 million or 77%.

  Net Grant Earning Expenditure per Head of Population (£)

  


Force 
  

1979-80 
  

1987-88 
  

1991-92 
  

1992-93 
  

1993-94 
  



Central 
  

21 
  

57 
  

80 
  

87 
  

93 
  



D&G 
  

24 
  

63 
  

92 
  

98 
  

109 
  



Fife 
  

22 
  

54 
  

76 
  

82 
  

86 
  



Grampian 
  

23 
  

57 
  

79 
  

85 
  

87 
  



L&B 
  

29 
  

73 
  

103 
  

114 
  

117 
  



Northern 
  

29 
  

67 
  

95 
  

101 
  

104 
  



Strathclyde 
  

32 
  

77 
  

102 
  

110 
  

117 
  



Tayside 
  

29 
  

72 
  

94 
  

102 
  

110 
  



Scotland 
  

29 
  

70 
  

96 
  

103 
  

109 
  



  


Force 
  

1994-95 
  

1995-96 
  

1996-97 
  

1997-98 
  

1998-99 
  



Central 
  

94 
  

101 
  

103 
  

112 
  

114 
  



D&G 
  

112 
  

119 
  

123 
  

131 
  

138 
  



Fife 
  

90 
  

87 
  

103 
  

109 
  

113 
  



Grampian 
  

90 
  

98 
  

102 
  

112 
  

119 
  



L&B 
  

120 
  

124 
  

132 
  

151 
  

147 
  



Northern 
  

112 
  

114 
  

117 
  

136 
  

138 
  



Strathclyde 
  

120 
  

132 
  

142 
  

152 
  

155 
  



Tayside 
  

112 
  

119 
  

124 
  

132 
  

141 
  



Scotland 
  

112 
  

120 
  

128 
  

140 
  

142 
  



  The information provided in the tables is published in HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary’s Annual Report.

Police

Ian Jenkins (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive what the number of (a) police officers, (b) civilian staff, (c) special constables and (d) police officers was per head of population in (i) each police force and (ii) Scotland in 1979, 1987 and in each year since 1992.

Mr Jim Wallace: The information is provided in the following tables.

  


Number of Police Officers as at the 31 March Each Year 
  





1979 
  

1987 
  

1992 
  

1993 
  

1994 
  

1995 
  

1996 
  

1997 
  

1998 
  

1999 
  

2000 
  



Central 
  

509 
  

552 
  

645 
  

653 
  

658 
  

656 
  

657 
  

686 
  

703 
  

719 
  

721 
  



D&G 
  

311 
  

334 
  

385 
  

385 
  

386 
  

391 
  

390 
  

412 
  

439 
  

437 
  

451 
  



Fife 
  

671 
  

740 
  

790 
  

790 
  

791 
  

789 
  

790 
  

831 
  

855 
  

846 
  

837 
  



Grampian 
  

932 
  

1,002 
  

1,161 
  

1,190 
  

1,193 
  

1,194 
  

1,172 
  

1,173 
  

1,193 
  

1,249 
  

1,215 
  



L&B 
  

2,342 
  

2,434 
  

2,534 
  

2,563 
  

2,558 
  

2,539 
  

2,534 
  

2,691 
  

2,691 
  

2,615 
  

2,584 
  



Northern 
  

603 
  

608 
  

653 
  

649 
  

658 
  

649 
  

640 
  

649 
  

657 
  

660 
  

653 
  



Strathclyde 
  

6,905 
  

6,741 
  

6,763 
  

6,768 
  

6,860 
  

7,014 
  

7,216 
  

7,231 
  

7,299 
  

7,135 
  

7,101 
  



Tayside 
  

941 
  

1,006 
  

1,053 
  

1,097 
  

1,070 
  

1,091 
  

1,113 
  

1,116 
  

1,143 
  

1,149 
  

1,137 
  



Total 
  

13,214 
  

13,417 
  

13,984 
  

14,095 
  

14,174 
  

14,323 
  

14,512 
  

14,789 
  

14,980 
  

14,810 
  

14,699 
  



  


Number of Support Staff as at 31 March Each Year 
  


 

1979 
  

1987 
  

1992 
  

1993 
  

1994 
  

1995 
  

1996 
  

1997 
  

1998 
  

1999 
  

2000 
  



Central 
  

104 
  

109 
  

136 
  

143 
  

149 
  

155 
  

155 
  

175 
  

185 
  

188 
  

192 
  



D&G 
  

60 
  

73 
  

104 
  

105 
  

127 
  

124 
  

126 
  

136 
  

182 
  

177 
  

179 
  



Fife 
  

111 
  

155 
  

200 
  

203 
  

215 
  

225 
  

231 
  

239 
  

234 
  

249 
  

247 
  



Grampian 
  

191 
  

258 
  

353 
  

366 
  

366 
  

380 
  

394 
  

403 
  

426 
  

466 
  

436 
  



L&B 
  

640 
  

758 
  

806 
  

859 
  

882 
  

919 
  

918 
  

892 
  

978 
  

996 
  

981 
  



Northern 
  

135 
  

158 
  

215 
  

222 
  

246 
  

244 
  

256 
  

252 
  

262 
  

268 
  

285 
  



Strathclyde 
  

1,334 
  

1,264 
  

1,325 
  

1,406 
  

1,495 
  

1,561 
  

1,646 
  

1,845 
  

1,889 
  

1,938 
  

1,989 
  



Tayside 
  

208 
  

232 
  

265 
  

293 
  

310 
  

328 
  

331 
  

348 
  

367 
  

379 
  

412 
  



Total 
  

2,783 
  

3,007 
  

3,404 
  

3,597 
  

3,790 
  

3,936 
  

4,057 
  

4,290 
  

4,523 
  

4,661 
  

4,712 
  



  Support staff figures exclude part-time staff, domestics, cleaners and cadets.

  


Number of Special Constables 
  



At 31/12 
  

1979 
  

1987 
  

1992 
  

1993 
  

1994 
  

At 31/3 
  

1996 
  

1997 
  

1998 
  

1999 
  

2000 
  



Central 
  

212 
  

141 
  

102 
  

101 
  

110 
  

See Note Below 
  

88 
  

81 
  

72 
  

62 
  

60 
  



D&G 
  

243 
  

148 
  

167 
  

189 
  

193 
  

214 
  

199 
  

193 
  

187 
  

153 
  



Fife 
  

336 
  

153 
  

151 
  

160 
  

158 
  

140 
  

132 
  

132 
  

102 
  

97 
  



Grampian 
  

376 
  

224 
  

214 
  

204 
  

198 
  

171 
  

146 
  

138 
  

121 
  

120 
  



L&B 
  

434 
  

164 
  

198 
  

209 
  

236 
  

223 
  

197 
  

198 
  

198 
  

207 
  



Northern 
  

445 
  

529 
  

493 
  

515 
  

531 
  

500 
  

511 
  

480 
  

482 
  

413 
  



Strathclyde 
  

781 
  

373 
  

382 
  

367 
  

351 
  

328 
  

314 
  

319 
  

310 
  

322 
  



Tayside 
  

301 
  

158 
  

140 
  

152 
  

215 
  

214 
  

206 
  

191 
  

189 
  

156 
  



Total 
  

3,128 
  

1,890 
  

1,847 
  

1,897 
  

1,992 
  

1,878 
  

1,786 
  

1,723 
  

1,651 
  

1,528 
  



  Note: Figures for Special Constables are collected annually by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary. Until 1994 figures were collected at 31 December but are now collected at 31 March. The March 1996 figure covered the 15 months from January 1995.

  


Police Officers per 1,000 population as at the 31 March 
  each year 
  


 

1979 
  

1987 
  

1992 
  

1993 
  

1994 
  

1995 
  

1996 
  

1997 
  

1998 
  

1999 
  

2000 
  



Central 
  

1.88 
  

2.03 
  

2.37 
  

2.39 
  

2.41 
  

2.40 
  

2.39 
  

2.49 
  

2.55 
  

2.59 
  

2.60 
  



D&G 
  

2.18 
  

2.27 
  

2.60 
  

2.60 
  

2.61 
  

2.64 
  

2.64 
  

2.80 
  

2.98 
  

2.98 
  

3.07 
  



Fife 
  

1.97 
  

2.15 
  

2.26 
  

2.25 
  

2.25 
  

2.24 
  

2.26 
  

2.39 
  

2.45 
  

2.42 
  

2.40 
  



Grampian 
  

1.99 
  

1.99 
  

2.22 
  

2.25 
  

2.24 
  

2.24 
  

2.21 
  

2.22 
  

2.27 
  

2.38 
  

2.31 
  



L&B 
  

2.75 
  

2.88 
  

2.96 
  

2.98 
  

2.96 
  

2.92 
  

2.90 
  

3.06 
  

3.06 
  

2.96 
  

2.92 
  



Northern 
  

2.31 
  

2.22 
  

2.35 
  

2.33 
  

2.35 
  

2.32 
  

2.28 
  

2.32 
  

2.36 
  

2.37 
  

2.34 
  



Strathclyde 
  

2.84 
  

2.89 
  

2.95 
  

2.96 
  

3.00 
  

3.07 
  

3.17 
  

3.18 
  

3.21 
  

3.15 
  

3.13 
  



Tayside 
  

2.34 
  

2.55 
  

2.67 
  

2.78 
  

2.71 
  

2.81 
  

2.83 
  

2.84 
  

2.93 
  

2.96 
  

2.93 
  



Scotland 
  

2.56 
  

2.62 
  

2.74 
  

2.75 
  

2.76 
  

2.79 
  

2.83 
  

2.89 
  

2.93 
  

2.89 
  

2.87 
  



  Figures are shown are the number of officers per 1,000 population instead of officers per head of population.

Procurator Fiscal Service

Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what the current establishment is of the procurator fiscal service, how many vacancies there are and in what grades.

Colin Boyd: The total number of legal staff in post as at 1 January 2001 is 325. There are 12 vacancies.

  The total number of non-legal staff in post as at 1 January 2001 is 817. There are 25 vacancies.

Public Transport

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent from the sums allocated from the Scottish Public Transport Fund annually since 1997.

Sarah Boyack: The Public Transport Fund (PTF) commenced in 1999-2000. Table 1 sets out the sums allocated and the amount of consent used in respect of those projects supported under the first round of the fund. Projects receiving support from the second round of the PTF did not commence until 2000-01 and details of the amount of consent used will not be available before May 2001. Those projects which were awarded funding from the third round of the fund, which I announced in November 2000, do not commence until 2001-02. The total resources available for the PTF also include residual commitments from the previous Government’s Transport Challenge Fund which are set out in table 2.

  Table 1 - Public Transport Fund Projects

  


Authority 
  

Project 
  

Award for 1997-98 (£m) 
  

Consent Used in
1997-98 (£m) 
  

Award for 1998-99 (£m) 
  

Consent Used in
1998-99 (£m) 
  

Award for 1999-2000 (£m) 
  

Consent Used in
1999-2000 (£m) 
  



Aberdeen 
  

A96/A956 Bus Priority and Park & Ride 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

£1.000 
  

£1.000 
  



Aberdeenshire 
  

Ellon Park & Ride 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

£0.300 
  

£0.260 
  



Clackmannanshire 
  

Alloa Town Centre Transport Interchange 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

£0.300 
  

£0.300 
  



Dumfries & Galloway 
  

Dumfries Transport Initiative 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

£0.400 
  

£0.300 
  



Dundee 
  

Bus Priority and Real Time Information 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

£0.475 
  

£0.475 
  



East Lothian (on behalf of South East Scotland Transport 
  Partnership) 
  

South East Scotland Travelticket 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

£0.075 
  

£0.028 
  



Edinburgh 
  

Crossrail 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

£0.500 
  

£0.095 
  



Eilean Siar 
  

Eriskay Causeway 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

£0.900 
  

£0.900 
  



Falkirk 
  

Railway Station Access Programme 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

£0.230 
  

£0.160 
  



Glasgow 
  

Bailleston to Faifley Bus Priority* 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

£1.300 
  

£0.505 
  



Highland 
  

Corran Ferry Replacement 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

£0.265 
  

£0.265 
  



SPTA 
  

Partick Interchange 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

£2.000 
  

£0.000 
  



West Dunbartonshire 
  

Bailleston to Faifley Bus Priority* 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

£0.750 
  

£0.433 
  



West Lothian 
  

Forthtrip Express 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

£0.270 
  

£0.270 
  



  * Joint project

  Table 2 ETransport Challenge Fund Projects

  


Authority 
  

Project 
  

Award for 1997-98 (£m) 
  

Consent Used in
1997-98 (£m) 
  

Award for 1998-99 (£m) 
  

Consent Used in
1998-99 (£m) 
  

Award for 1999-2000 (£m) 
  

Consent Used in
1999-2000 (£m) 
  



Angus 
  

A92 Dundee to Arbroath 
  

£1.000 
  

£0.509 
  

£1.000 
  

£0.861 
  

- 
  

£0.630 
  



Argyll & Bute 
  

A848 Salen to Tobermory 
  

£3.000 
  

£2.615 
  

- 
  

£0.385 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Edinburgh 
  

CERT 
  

£4.000 
  

£2.262 
  

£6.000 
  

£3.096 
  

£3.750 
  

£3.795 
  



Highland 
  

A890 Achnasheen to Glencarron 
  

£3.000 
  

£3.075 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Scottish Borders 
  

A698 Kelso By-pass 
  

£4.000 
  

£3.991 
  

£2.500 
  

£2.500 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Aberdeen City 
  

Lang Stracht Bus Priority and Park and Ride 
  

- 
  

- 
  

£2.400 
  

£2.318 
  

£2.900 
  

£0.724 
  



East Renfrewshire 
  

Glasgow Southern Orbital Road 
  

- 
  

- 
  

£1.500 
  

£0.584 
  

£1.000 
  

£0.180 
  



Edinburgh 
  

A90 Echline  EBarnton Bus Priority 
  

- 
  

- 
  

£1.200 
  

£0.224 
  

- 
  

£0.642 
  



Falkirk 
  

Falkirk Orbital Road 
  

- 
  

- 
  

£0.500 
  

£0.500 
  

£2.500 
  

£0.998 
  



Fife 
  

A90 Ferrytoll Park and Ride 
  

- 
  

- 
  

£0.900 
  

£0.409 
  

£1.800 
  

£0.981 
  



Midlothian 
  

A701 Straiton  ENew Milton 
  

- 
  

- 
  

£1.000 
  

£0.650 
  

£0.700 
  

£0.100 
  



South Lanarkshire 
  

Garrion Bridge 
  

- 
  

- 
  

£0.500 
  

£0.138 
  

£1.150 
  

£0.297 
  



SPTA 
  

Larkhall  EMilngavie Rail Link 
  

- 
  

- 
  

£0.800 
  

- 
  

£4.200 
  

- 
  



Stirling 
  

All Change Point at Forthside 
  

- 
  

- 
  

£1.200 
  

£1.200 
  

£2.800 
  

£1.880

Rail Services

Karen Gillon (Clydesdale) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects a decision to be made on the extension of rail services to Larkhall.

Sarah Boyack: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-9959 on 9 October 2000.

Roads

Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the motorway network is surfaced with porous asphalt.

Sarah Boyack: Porous asphalt surfacing is not utilised on Scottish motorways or on the remainder of the Scottish trunk road network, primarily for serviceability reasons. Where we have opted not to use traditional hot-rolled asphalt surfacing, we use negative-texture proprietary thin surfacing systems in preference to porous asphalt because of greater durability and lower maintenance cost, hence providing better value for money on both an initial and a whole-life cost basis.

Rural Affairs

Fergus Ewing (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will classify petrol stations in rural areas as "essential services" as recommended by Highland Council.

Sarah Boyack: The Executive fully recognises the importance of petrol stations in rural areas and is providing financial support through the Rural Petrol Stations Grant Scheme which is aimed at maintaining a network of petrol stations and safeguarding locally available fuel supplies.

  At the launch of Rural Scotland: A New Approach in May 2000, ministers asked the Scottish National Rural Partnership to bring together service providers to identify innovative approaches to providing services in rural areas, to consider how these examples might benefit and be replicated in other parts of Scotland and to report back to ministers. The group’s report was published on 15 January. Among the services that the group concluded were important for rural areas were petrol stations. Ministers are giving the report careful consideration and an Executive response will be published in due course.

Scottish Qualifications Authority

John Scott (Ayr) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to set money aside to finance the settlement of any claims made against the Scottish Qualifications Authority by students who have been affected by problems with the handling of this year’s exam results.

Mr Jack McConnell: As I indicated in my response to question S1W-9885, whether students had a right to compensation would be largely for the courts to determine and would depend on the circumstances of the individual case. The provision for any such claims would be a matter for the Scottish Qualifications Authority in the first instance.

Scottish Qualifications Authority

Michael Russell (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what borrowing permissions are in place for the Scottish Qualifications Authority and when any such permissions were granted and under what statute.

Mr Jack McConnell: Under the Education (Scotland) Act 1996 and the Scottish Qualifications Authority’s Management Statement and Financial Memorandum, the approval of Scottish Ministers is required "in relation to any borrowing and any related security, guarantee or indemnity granted or given, with the exception of bank overdrafts for normal cash-flow purposes".

  No such approval has been sought or granted.

Smoking

Mr Kenneth Gibson (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what plans there are to ensure that the provision of Zyban on prescription is fully integrated into existing smoking cessation services.

Susan Deacon: The Scottish Executive recognises that Zyban has shown to be most effective if used in combination with motivational support and, as such, complements existing smoking cessation services. The Executive is looking at the availability of smoking cessation services. However, Zyban is not clinically suitable for all patients who wish to stop smoking and the decision whether or not to prescribe this treatment is a matter for the clinical judgement of the doctors concerned.

Social Inclusion

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether, as part of its social inclusion policy, it will make representations to all banks in Scotland to seek changes in the rules on verification framework and regarding the production of original bank books, building society accounts and other documents, in particular in relation to older people.

Jackie Baillie: Regulation of financial services is a reserved matter. The Scottish Executive is working with the Scottish financial institutions to encourage the promotion of more inclusive products and practices.

Waste Management

Mr Adam Ingram (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive which areas have applied for funding from the £3 million made available through the Strategic Waste Fund in the current financial year to reduce the amount of waste landfilled and whether it will provide details of all approved projects, including the amount of funding allocated to each.

Mr Sam Galbraith: Local authorities are currently working with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency to prepare Area Waste Plans outlining how future waste management should be carried out in each area. I am pleased that the Executive has been able to assist authorities to begin making improvements to recycling and composting.

  On 25 October 2000, Sarah Boyack announced that £3 million was to be made available this year for distribution (using a population-based formula) between all local authorities to allow them to invest in recycling and composting. In November, authorities were invited to submit proposals for projects showing how they wished to spend the funds to increase or improve recycling and/or composting carried out in their area.

  Each authority will be offered a grant to carry out the projects as proposed and in most cases I expect work will begin almost immediately, with improvements in the service available being quickly noticeable. The projects range from small scale purchases of capital equipment (e.g. waste shredders to enable composting of organic waste, recycling collection banks for cans, glass etc.), larger equipment such as vehicles for kerbside collection of paper and other recyclable materials, and revenue funding to operate recycling schemes (such as provision of home composting equipment, recycling advice and materials sorting or composting operations). The funding available to each authority and a summary of the projects to be carried out is shown in the table.

  Local authority recycling and composting projects to be funded from £3 million grant

  


Council 
  

Grant (£) 
  

Project 
  



Aberdeen City 
  

106,000 
  

Shredder & equipment for green waste composting scheme 
  



Aberdeenshire 
  

188,000 
  

2 Shredders, baling equipment & skips, composters, 
  recycling boxes & bins 
  



Angus 
  

75,000 
  

Recycling collection, separation and baling equipment for 
  cans and paper; waste analysis study 
  



Argyll & Bute 
  

80,000 
  

Shredders, composting leaflets, cardboard balers, cooking 
  oil collection, extend rural recycling activities, carry 
  out education & survey work on Mull. 
  



Clackmannanshire 
  

25,000 
  

(With Stirling) Pilot mixed recyclables collection scheme 
  



Dumfries & Gall. 
  

123,000 
  

Mobile shredder for garden waste for composting 
  



Dundee City 
  

72,000 
  

Local recycling centres, publicity, sorter & picking 
  belt for Civic Amenity site, plastic recycling banks, compost 
  collection 
  



East Ayrshire 
  

66,000 
  

New recycling body for existing vehicle, improved kerbside 
  collections, recruit staff for MRF, home composters, recycling 
  containers for Council offices 
  



East Dunbartonshire 
  

53,000 
  

Pilot mixed recyclables kerbside collection scheme 
  



East Lothian 
  

53,000 
  

Hire recycling vehicle for glass, 10 new bottle bank sites 
  



East Renfrewshire 
  

42,000 
  

Home composting initiative with subsidised units 
  



City of Edinburgh 
  

223,000 
  

Kerbside paper collection, recycling containers, compaction 
  equipment, publicity for home composting 
  



Eilean Siar 
  

29,000 
  

Expand range of materials collected for recycling 
  



Falkirk 
  

73,000 
  

Shredder for organic waste 
  



Fife 
  

187,000 
  

Equipment for green waste composting scheme, oil banks, 
  aluminium foil containers, pilot schemes for home composting 
  and waste paper collection 
  



Glasgow City 
  

302,000 
  

Vehicle and equipment for composting scheme, waste analysis 
  



Highland 
  

190,000 
  

Vehicle and equipment for aluminium collection, composters 
  



Inverclyde 
  

41,000 
  

Extend rural household collection services 
  



Midlothian 
  

43,000 
  

Can, glass and paper banks 
  



Moray 
  

58,000 
  

Shredder for organic waste, home composters 
  



North Ayrshire 
  

76,000 
  

Wheeled bins for composting garden waste 
  



North Lanarkshire 
  

158,000 
  

Home composters, paint recycling containers, equipment 
  for recovering refrigerants, schools can recycling initiative 
  



Orkney Islands 
  

21,000 
  

Bottle banks and kerbside boxes for glass recycling 
  



Perth & Kinross 
  

101,000 
  

Shredder, kerbside collection, paper banks, awareness raising 
  initiative, waste analysis 
  



Renfrewshire 
  

87,000 
  

Composting equipment 
  



Scottish Borders 
  

83,000 
  

Shredder, skips for CA sites for composting initiative 
  



Shetland Isles 
  

25,000 
  

Shredder, glass and oil recycling banks, battery boxes, 
  waste minimisation campaign 
  



South Ayrshire 
  

69,000 
  

Home composting initiative with subsidised units 
  



South Lanarkshire 
  

165,000 
  

Collection of garden waste for composting 
  



Stirling 
  

59,000 
  

(With Clackm.) Pilot mixed recyclable collection scheme 
  



West Dunbartonshire 
  

46,000 
  

Macerator & shredder, collect and compost garden waste 
  



West Lothian 
  

81,000 
  

Pilot scheme for segregated collection of household waste